| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
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| Asthma or COPD? | 11/20/2009 | Richard Manlove |
Q: Eight years ago I woke up in the morning unable to breathe. There was no wheezing and I hadn't been ...
A: I would tend toward the diagnosis your second physician offered, for several reasons. One, you are ...
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| Allergies? | 11/18/2009 | Neal Okerson |
Q: I couldn't find an expert pertaining exactly to allergies, so I hope you don't mind me asking you. ...
A: Jacob, It does sound like allergies, but you will need a physician to actually make the diagnosis. ...
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| asthma | 11/18/2009 | Richard Manlove |
Q: Mary is in hospital right now in cardiac floor. She got bronchitis real bad and has been sick and ...
A: Amy, Sorry to hear about your Mary. Unfortunately, I don't have access to the patient nor ...
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| bronchiles | 11/15/2009 | Karel Sleis |
Q: Do you what meds over and off the counter, home remedies to open up your bronchiles? ANSWER: ...
A: Brownish /yellow flem is a sign of blood and infection . You need to go to the doctor for ...
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| bronchiles | 11/13/2009 | Karel Sleis |
Q: Do you what meds over and off the counter, home remedies to open up your bronchiles?
A: Basically there is a bronkaid mist. However the best thing is to purchase from your local drugstore ...
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| chest pain | 11/10/2009 | Richard Manlove |
Q: I have been having ongoing chest pain down the centre of my chest for a few months now. I remember ...
A: Women, in general, have atypical symptoms with cardiac problems. I assume your physician has had ...
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| Allergy | 11/6/2009 | Karel Sleis |
Q: I am living in kuwait.I have asthma problem. Whenever climate changes i am very much affected with ...
A: When sputum is yellow its signs of infection, when its brown it could be a sign of bleeding ...
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| bronchitis | 11/5/2009 | Richard Manlove |
Q: "Hello Dr. I suffering from bronchitis disease. doctor prescribed me medicines ...
A: Raj, First, you want to eliminate anything that aggrevates your breathing. Perhaps, it is dust, ...
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| bronchitis | 11/5/2009 | Karel Sleis |
Q: "Hello Dr. I suffering from bronchitis disease. doctor prescribed me medicines ...
A: No these are all the right treatments. Especially if the bronchitis is chronic. If it does not go ...
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| trouble breathing through the nose | 11/5/2009 | Richard Manlove |
Q: I have been around saw dust,insulation and dust most of my life. My pop was a carpentar. Now I have ...
A: There are surgical interventions for your problem. We call them a roto-rooter surgery. You might try ...
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| Asthma | 11/2/2009 | Karel Sleis |
Q: My mother has been suffering from asthma for the past 5 years. She has cough/cold most of the time ...
A: What a respiratory therapist does is show the person how to properly use her inhaler. Some ...
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| Severe cold | 10/31/2009 | Richard Manlove |
Q: I dont know much about my cold problem but I get it everyday and I have eye strain during these ...
A: If it is something you "get" everyday I am tempted to say that it is probably allergies. I would see ...
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| Breathing concerns | 10/30/2009 | Richard Manlove |
Q: Good evening - I am a happy, healthy, active, 32 year old married mother of two. I have began to ...
A: Indeed, the feeling of not getting enough breath is very alarming. However, it seems as if you have ...
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| coughing up phlegm | 10/26/2009 | Neal Okerson |
Q: My entire life, i have never really been able to cough up phlegm and spit it out. (I cough it up, ...
A: Sorry for the delay in answering your question. You might ask your physician about using a ...
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| a/A ratio | 10/24/2009 | Richard Manlove |
Q: What is the a/A ratio equation? Is it the same as the a/A gradient equation? Thanks!
A: Appendix Derivation of equation (1): Z (= Qs/Qt) = (C602 - CaO2)/(C~02 - C~'O2) Jim, The a/A ...
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| H1N1 | 10/23/2009 | Richard Manlove |
Q: I know that difficulty breathing is one of the symptoms of H1 N1 that they tell you to go to the ER ...
A: Perhaps, by now, you may be feeling better or worse for that manner. I do not know what you mean by ...
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| Chest infection | 10/6/2009 | Neal Okerson |
Q: I have been asthmatic for years and suffered numerous chest infections, however, earlier this year I ...
A: Christine, I am somewhat guessing at this, because there are a lot of possibilities. First let me ...
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| bipap | 10/3/2009 | Neal Okerson |
Q: My 11 year old daughter is currently sick right now ,she has multiple health issues.She has ...
A: Yvette, The machines that I have worked with in the past had an exhalation port manufactured into ...
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| does flu improve immunity when it subsides? | 10/1/2009 | Rob Trusty |
Q: Do flu and common cold improve a person's immunity when they subside? because I have heard or read ...
A: We might have better immunity against that bug. But the problem is that they are always mutating. I ...
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| FiO2 Controller | 9/28/2009 | Neal Okerson |
Q: I am wanting to implement an fiO2 controller in a patient monitor, but I do not understand very well ...
A: Franck, Sorry for the delay in answering your question! FIO2 is changed by adjusting a blender. The ...
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| trouble with getting a deep enough breath | 9/26/2009 | Richard Manlove |
Q: I really need some help or advice. For the last 3 weeks I have been have some difficulties ...
A: The feeling of not getting your breath or enough oxygen will, indeed, leave you feeling panicked and ...
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| Chest pain | 9/21/2009 | Richard Manlove |
Q: I am a 16 years old boy from Delhi,India.I've been facing certain abrupt chest pains around ...
A: I am so sorry you are having this problem. I am glad you have seen a physician and he has said you ...
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| Baby with respirtory problems and fevers | 9/19/2009 | Richard Manlove |
Q: My daughter is 11 months old and since she was 3 months she has been in and out of the doctors ...
A: I am certainly sorry that your child is so frequently ill and is such a cause for concern. As much ...
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| O2 level and emphysema | 9/13/2009 | Neal Okerson |
Q: My mom (89)has bad emphesyma, yet her O2 levels remain in the low 90;s Why is it so hard for her to ...
A: Pat, Sorry for the delay in answering your question. Getting oxygen (O2)into our bodies is only ...
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| Mother with COPD | 9/9/2009 | Richard Manlove |
Q: I hope you can help me. My mum is 72 and has COPD, for about 18 months she has had to use oxygen at ...
A: I am sorry about your mother's condition. It does appear she is in what we call "end-stage." You ...
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| Heart hurting after pulmonary embolism | 9/3/2009 | Richard Manlove |
Q: "Thank you very much for providing this service. My 20 year old daughter (now on Coumadin) 5'11" 187 ...
A: I am not sure when you posted this but it is likely already the next day. I am sorry that I did not ...
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| charting medications | 9/1/2009 | Neal Okerson |
Q: recently i was told that when hand charting, using the expression "unit dose" was not acceptable ...
A: Dawn, The best source for an answer to this question would be the specific hospital. Hospitals have ...
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| upper lung pain under sternum | 8/29/2009 | Richard Manlove |
Q: Richard, just to let you know, 3 days later, I feel fine. I think it was indeed a respiratory virus ...
A: I am glad you are feeling better. I don't know of any respiratory virus with your symptomology and ...
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| upper lung pain under sternum | 8/27/2009 | Richard Manlove |
Q: I am otherwise very healthy. For about one week, I have had some sinus pain and a slight dry cough ...
A: I am not sure what to make of your symptomology. You do not relate the pain to shortness of breath, ...
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| Please help | 8/27/2009 | Richard Manlove |
Q: I wonder if you could assist. I have two symptoms, possibly inter-related. I know it is not easy to ...
A: A nagging cough is, indeed, quite bothersome. You have had yours for quite sometime. It does seem to ...
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| sneezing | 8/24/2009 | Richard Manlove |
Q: "Hi Richard, sorry to bother you. I have a question on sneezing. Everytime i sneeze, my throat ...
A: This question is a bit out of my area of expertise. My thinking, however, is that probably your ...
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| sneezing | 8/24/2009 | Rob Trusty |
Q: sorry to bother you. I have a question on sneezing. Everytime i sneeze, my throat hurts. it feels ...
A: Not a bother at all. I have the same problem sometimes. It is because of the severe allergies. The ...
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| Pain In Diaprham | 8/14/2009 | Richard Manlove |
Q: I am 54 and 5'11 inches tall and weight is 180 . Im in moderately good health. My question is to you ...
A: This question is really not a respiratory question. It has more to do with muscles and the like. ...
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| asthma | 8/12/2009 | Karel Sleis |
Q: Child weighing 20kg admitted with diagnosis of acute asthma. Orders as follows: Nebulizer-Albuterol ...
A: Its hard to say it depends what his/her status was when bought in , if was turning blue then no.Go ...
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| phlegm | 7/31/2009 | Karel Sleis |
Q: how can i cough up phlegm without gagging & throwing up, will my body get rid of it if i just caugh ...
A: First of all you should try and not drink anything thick like milk, basic water is good also by an ...
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| Nasal Polyps | 7/31/2009 | ASHRAF |
Q: i have nasal polyps since i was 18.i went to surgery twice but every time they have reoccurred..... ...
A: u have taken wrong decision of in this disease surgery is not required .rather u will be all right . ...
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| total flow question | 7/29/2009 | Richard Manlove |
Q: My preceptor asked me today about total flow calculations, the question was what would the total ...
A: Gee, it has been a long time since I worried about total flow and that was back in the days before ...
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| Multiple Pains, Breath-Related | 7/28/2009 | Richard Manlove |
Q: I am having pains while breathing (in + out). It is moving more to the left now but had been on my ...
A: Several questions remain to be answered. When did the pains first occur and what were you doing when ...
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| antibiotic-resistant infection | 7/25/2009 | Richard Manlove |
Q: A little over 6 weeks ago, I came down with a really bad sore throat that developed into a ...
A: Just a note to add after reading your reply. Mold reproduces by spores which can lay dormant for ...
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| Medical Oxygen | 7/17/2009 | Karel Sleis |
Q: My wife has just been put on oxygen. Can you tell me what levels we should maintain and for how ...
A: 98-100% is normal. If its in that range she doesnt need to wear the o2 . However if she is a severe ...
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